Zero Hour !
AnswerAirport was the main inspiration, but From Here to Eternity and Saturday Night Fever were spoofed in the flashback scenes. AnswerThe scenario is mostly inspired by the novel Airport 1975. But The parodies comes from Zero Hour, Airport, Saturday night fever, the wizard of Oz, Jaws, and much more...Chat with our AI personalities
Arthur Hailey wrote the novel Airport. He also did a suspense play-later made into a movie called Timelock, an updating of the old O Henry precept of safecracker turns hero, a kid is (accidentally)locked in a time-locked safe.
Black Swan is inspired by Swan Lake, the Tchaikovsky ballet.
It was inspired by a true story.
There were two . Airplane! (1980) & Airplane 2: The Sequel (1982)
Alive (1993)
Dreamer inspired by a true story